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Pirelli Notes from the Nurburgring

Tuesday, 6 September 2011 12:29 GMT
Pirelli Notes from the Nurburgring


"After the summer break and now facing the last quarter of the season, Pirelli has started to confirm its current developments in preparation for the 2012 production range of Diablo racing tyres. For the race at Nürburgring, Pirelli prepared 3 fronts and 4 rear Superbike solutions, along with 3 fronts and 3 rears for Supersport.


Superpole has already left its mark, having seen Checa (Ducati) record a new circuit lap record of 1'54.144 on Diablo Superpole tyres, edging out Biaggi's (Aprilia) time of last year. Mild conditions in SBK Race 1 put the front row on a common solution, with race winner Checa (Ducati), Melandri (Yamaha) and Laverty (Yamaha) mounting the new mid-soft ‘B' front and new SC1 or ‘C' rear. Haga (Aprilia) instead opted for the softer ‘A' front and ‘A' or SC0 rear and captured an impressive 3rd place finish. SBK Race 2 was declared a wet race, putting into play the proven SCR1 Diablo Rain tyres, but after completing 12 laps the race was red flagged under a downpour and Sykes (Kawasaki) was declared the winner, the first in his career and first for the brand in 5 years.


In the WSS race, several riders consistently lapped in the 2'00s nearly the entire race on the new ‘B' or SC1 front and the ‘A' or new Diablo Supercorsa SC0 rear, with particularly strong performances from Ellison (Honda) on a privateer bike who set a Pirelli Best Lap of 1'59.79 and took his first career podium in the class."


Pirelli BEST LAP Awards:


SBK
Race 1 - Carlos Checa (Althea Racing), 1'55.971 (Lap 4)
Race 2 - Noriyuki Haga (PATA Racing Team Aprilia), 2'14.619 (Lap 7)
Total BEST LAP: Checa 7, Biaggi 5, Melandri 3, Haga 2, Sykes 1, Camier 1, Fabrizio 1


WSS
Best lap: James Ellison (Bogdanka PTR Honda), 1'59.795 (Lap 12)
Total BEST LAP: Foret 2, Lowes 2, Scassa 1, Davies 1, Rea 1, Harms 1, Ellison 1


STK1000 - Davide Giugliano (Althea Racing), 1'59.012 (Lap 5)
STK600 - Michael Vd Mark (Ten Kate Junior Team), 2'03.429 (Lap 5)